The biggest test

In preparation for the U23 Asian qualifiers, Vietnam Olympic team has played 2 friendly matches and won both (defeating Hanoi T&T 3-1 and Indonesia Olympic 1-0). But tonight, they will face a much bigger challenge, U22 Uzbekistan. Defeating this very strong opponent is the best way for the players to prove their abilities before Coach Miura finalizes the list for the U23 Asian qualifiers.

Cong Phuong and his teammates will meet a very strong opponent in this match.

UNLEASH AND FORGE WEAPONS

Until yesterday evening, Coach Toshiya Miura had made his selections for the starting lineup for the Vietnam Olympic team in the match against U22 Uzbekistan this afternoon. Accordingly, there will be many changes in the main lineup of the Vietnam Olympic team, especially in the attack line, there will be many prominent faces put on the field from the start. Specifically, Cong Phuong will likely be the main player in the role of a withdrawn striker, behind the spearhead Thanh Binh. Meanwhile, on the right wing, Thanh Tung will likely return after nearly 10 days of suffering a thigh injury.

The presence of this midfielder with technical playing style and sharp penetration into the penalty area will contribute to increasing the firepower of the attack. Previously, when Thanh Tung was injured, Coach Miura had a headache in this right midfielder position when no one had given him confidence and in the deadlocked situation, the Japanese coach brought in midfielder Tan Tai or striker Van Thanh to "patch" the right wing, but these experiments did not bring many results.

According to the assessment, this is the time when Coach Miura needs to launch the best cards to help the players have more time to play together, thereby aiming for fluency in operating the 4-4-1-1 formation. On the other hand, against a tall opponent like U22 Uzbekistan, the elements on both wings will be trained more carefully in attacking the flanks but still have to ensure that their passes do not put their teammates at a disadvantage when facing an opponent with a completely superior physique.

LEARN TO ADAPT

Before entering the preparation process for the 2016 U23 Asian qualifiers, Coach Miura planned friendly matches, focusing on selecting many teams as "blue team" with different playing styles to help his students have many different experiences. If in the previous match against Olympic Indonesia, Coach Miura's students had a meaningful match and learned many lessons when the opponent had many fierce tackles.

And now, U22 Uzbekistan has a sharp style of play from high balls combined with coordination from the midfield, which will be a necessary challenge for Olympic Vietnam to perfect themselves. Especially, when the opponent attacks with high balls, our defenders will have more "collisions" to neutralize the aerial attacks more effectively.

On the other hand, facing a tall defense like the away team, the strikers of Olympic Vietnam will improve their low-level coordination skills as well as their agility in movement to find a way into the opponent's goal.

According to the agreement before the match, each team will be allowed to replace a maximum of 8 players. And before this important "test", the Vietnam Olympic team will have more experiences and what is "hit" in this afternoon's match will help coach Miura have a specific view of the adaptability and ability of the players to then make a list to go to Malaysia to participate in the 2016 U23 Asian qualifiers.

PREDICTION: 1-1

According to Bongdaplus